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Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

1892 - 1988

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Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (born Leon Dudley Sorabji; 14 August 1892 – 15 October 1988) was an English composer, music critic, pianist and writer whose music, written over a period of seventy years, ranges from sets of miniatures to works lasting several hours. One of the most prolific 20th-century composers, he is best known for his piano pieces, notably nocturnes such as Gulistān and Villa Tasca, and large-scale, technically intricate compositions, which include seven symphonies for piano solo, four toccatas, Sequentia cyclica and 100 Transcendental Studies. He felt alienated from English society by reason of his homosexuality and mixed ancestry, and had a lifelong tendency to seclusion. Sorabji was educated privately. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji is the 812th most popular composer (up from 1,028th in 2019), the 2,501st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,916th in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji ranks 812 out of 1,451. Before him are Peter Benoit, Robert Gerhard, Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, Nikos Skalkottas, Korla Awgust Kocor, and Christian Cannabich. After him are York Bowen, Johann Krieger, Nobuo Uematsu, Francesco Feo, Guy Ropartz, and Wilhelm Peterson-Berger.

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Among people born in 1892, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji ranks 148. Before him are Stepan Petrichenko, Roberto Farinacci, Peter Doi, George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, Lucien Buysse, and Victor de Sabata. After him are Walter Krüger, Sayed Darwish, Alice Brady, Hugo Österman, Ahmad Javad, and James Forrestal. Among people deceased in 1988, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji ranks 102. Before him are Wilhelm Batz, Raymond Williams, Sewall Wright, Henry Armstrong, Henry Koster, and Hal Ashby. After him are Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Pál Titkos, Solomon, Marcel Bozzuffi, Francis Ponge, and Kwon Ki-ok.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji ranks 2,502 out of 8,785. Before him are Colin Groves (1942), Sadiq Khan (1970), Alfred Ewing (1855), Robert Brown (1921), Ernest William Brown (1866), and Charlotte Smith (1749). After him are William Etty (1787), Josephine Butler (1828), Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873), Alfred Edwards (1850), Alec Jeffreys (1950), and Walter Pater (1839).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji ranks 34. Before him are Malcolm Arnold (1921), Arthur Sullivan (1842), Jeremiah Clarke (1674), John Stanley (1712), Thomas Morley (1557), and Stanley Myers (1930). After him are York Bowen (1884), Michael Tippett (1905), Rebecca Clarke (1886), John Tavener (1944), Frank Bridge (1879), and Hubert Parry (1848).

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